Swiatek won't rest on laurels after French Open triumph, says coach

Even in the glow of a Champagne-worthy performance in Paris, Poland’s newly crowned French Open champion Iga Swiatek stuck to water as she celebrated a maiden Grand Slam success, impressing her coach Piotr Sierzputowski

WARSAW - Even in the glow of a champagne performance in Paris, Poland’s newly-crowned French Open champion Iga Swiatek stuck to still water as she celebrated a maiden Grand Slam success and offered a glimpse of a new era in women’s tennis.

“We drank to her health, which she of course refused. It made an impression on me after such a success,” her trainer Piotr Sierzputowski told Reuters. Swiatek, whose father was an Olympic rower and mother a doctor, is due to fly back to Poland on a private jet sponsored by Red Bull.

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